Smartcane BMP: Drivers, outcomes and the future · 26.10.2017 · sugarcane farmers. The Bonsucro...
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Burdekin Water Forum Smartcane BMP: Drivers, outcomes and the future – How the sugarcane industry is responding to the water quality challenge through Smartcane BMP Matt Kealley Environment & Sustainability CANEGROWERS
Transcript of Smartcane BMP: Drivers, outcomes and the future · 26.10.2017 · sugarcane farmers. The Bonsucro...
Burdekin Water Forum
Smartcane BMP: Drivers, outcomes and the future –How the sugarcane industry is responding to the water quality challenge through Smartcane BMP
Matt Kealley Environment & SustainabilityCANEGROWERS
1. Some jumped right in2. Some went because others did3. Some refused
The deep end for sugarcane?
1. Market access2. Social licence to operate3. Sustainable business4. Compliance 5. Climate change6. Technology
Smartcane BMP engagement
Smartcane BMP platform
Smartcane BMP process
“…we saw a lot of value in doing it…this has cemented the ideas we’ve had for our business and confirmed the direction we’re heading” – Walter Giordani
Market access & sustainable sugar
Coles and Woolworth – Bonsucro
“When we cop criticism, we can now put this up as proof we are doing the right thing as an industry” - Russell Jordan
“I had to do it just to prove that I was not a dinosaur – and even old dinosaurs can comply with all the new rules and regulations” Frank Russo
